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  • It makes the heart to tremble when you open an undiscovered tomb.

    Heart   Tombs  
  • I will announce some of the tombs I found next to the great pyramid of Khufu. One is an intact tomb that I have not opened yet.

    Khufu   Pyramids   Next  
  • It's very important to reveal the mystery of the pyramid. Science in archaeology is very important. People all over the world are waiting to solve this mystery.

  • I found in one of the tombs an inscription saying, 'If you touch my tomb, you will be eaten by a crocodile and hippopotamus.' It doesn't mean the hippo will eat you, it means the person really wanted his tomb to be protected.

    Mean   Found   Crocodiles  
    "The king of the pharaohs" by Tim Radford, www.theguardian.com. November 26, 2003.
  • Anyone can like their job... To love your job is not enough, you must give your passion to your job.

    Jobs   Love You   Passion  
  • As scientists, we keep an open mind, but we have to base our ideas about the past on archaeological evidence.

    Past   Thinking   Ideas  
    Zahi Hawass (2015). “Magic of the Pyramids: My adventures in Archeology”, p.28, Leonardo Paolo Lovari
  • Egypt has managed to reclaim the 13-page papyrus manuscript.

    Egypt   Pages   Papyrus  
  • I am damn good. I am doing all this for Egypt and nothing else. I reject 70 per cent of media interviews while these people who accuse me are running after them.

    Running   Egypt   Media  
  • Not a single piece of material culture - not a single object - has been found at Giza that can be interpreted to come from a lost civilization.

  • I have found a shaft, going 29 meters [95 feet, approximately] vertically down into the ground, exactly halfway between the Chefren Pyramid and the Sphinx. At the bottom, which was filled with water, we have found a burial chamber with four pillars. In the middle is a large granite sarcophagus which I expect to be the grave of Osiris, the god.

    Osiris   Pyramids   Feet  
  • Tutankhamun was not black, and the portrayal of ancient Egyptian civilization as black has no element of truth to it.

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Zahi Hawass

  • Born: May 28, 1947
  • Occupation: Archaeologist